Re: dont want @ base package to install???

["damien.clarke" <damien.clarke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 17:24, Merritt Krakowitzer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I Have made a kickstart boot disk with the packages i want to install.
> The problem is that kickstart automagically installs @ base. I dont want
> this as i dont require a lot of the packages, I have specified the
> packages i wanted manually.
> 
> How do i get kickstart not to install the @ base? I have considered
> editing the comps.xml file but since I'm doing cdrom installs i dont
> know how to get ks to read the ks config from the boot floppy.
> 
> Any help in this regard would be appreciated. Im considering just
> putting a whole bunch of rpm -e package_name to the %post section.
> 
> thanks
> Merritt
> > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
> 
> 
replace yours comps xml with this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE comps PUBLIC "-//Red Hat, Inc.//DTD Comps info//EN"
"comps.dtd">

<comps>
<!--  <meta> -->
<!-- Meta information will go here eventually -->
<!--  </meta> -->

  <group>
    <id>base</id>
    <name>Base</name>
    <name xml:lang="cs">Základ</name>
    <name xml:lang="da">Base</name>
    <name xml:lang="de">Basis</name>
    <name xml:lang="es">Base</name>
    <name xml:lang="fr">Base</name>
    <name xml:lang="is">Grunnur</name>
    <name xml:lang="it">Base</name>
    <name xml:lang="ja">ベース</name>
    <name xml:lang="ko">기준</name>
    <name xml:lang="no">Grunnpakker</name>
    <name xml:lang="pt">Base</name>
    <name xml:lang="ru">Основа</name>
    <name xml:lang="sv">Bas</name>
    <name xml:lang="zh_CN">基本</name>
    <name xml:lang="zh_TW">基礎</name>
    <description></description>
    <uservisible>false</uservisible>
    <default>true</default>
    <grouplist>
     </grouplist>
    <packagelist>
      <packagereq type="default">anacron</packagereq>
    </packagelist>
  </group>

</comps>


Damien Clarke